LA Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers postgame Notes and Quotes. Galaxy Head Coach Sigi Schimd had this to say on the team’s defensive performance, “I thought our defensive work was good. I thought [David] Bingham was solid in goal, I thought [Michael] Ciani and Joregn [Skjelvik] were good together, that was fantastic.”

With 37 caps, Gyasi Zardes is the most seasoned player at the international level, followed by Juan Agudelo (27), Jordan Morris (24) and Paul Arriola (15), Zardes, a graduate of the LA Galaxy Academy, is one of 19 players on the roster with ties to a U.S. Soccer Development Academy club.

ESPN will have two games in the new LAFC-LA Galaxy rivalry, on Jul 26 and Aug. 24. Among ESPN’s prime time telecasts of MLS are a pair of matchups between rivals Atlanta United and Orlando City SC on Sat, Jun 30 at 7 p.m. and Fri, Aug. 24 at 8 p.m.

While sitting in fourth place in the group, the USA still holds all the cards in determining its destiny for Russia. And in that, Wood’s goal did more than just earn the team a valuable point according to U.S. captain Michael Bradley.

“Clint will always be important to this team for as long as he’s with this team. Obviously everybody knows his quality and knows what he can do,” US defender and former Sounder DeAndre Yedlin told MLSsoccer.com on Wednesday.

Schmetzer told reporters at Seattle’s practice at Starfire Sports Complex on Monday that the Sounders should have a better idea of the severity of the injury and a recovery timeline after Morris undergoes an MRI scheduled for that afternoon.